Gallery: International Intelligence graduation, Aug. 15, 2013

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Lt. Col. Khalid Alhoshan looks at a certificate he received Thursday morning for graduating from the International Intelligence Application Officer Course at the Event Center on Goodfellow Air Force Base. Eleven men from seven countries completed the three-month course.

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First Lt. Mirko Torri playfully tries to draw a mustache on Kalynn Rodriquez. Kalynn, 13, and her mother, Brandie Beall, attended Thursday’s ceremony where Torri and 10 other international students graduated a three-month intelligence course.

Master Sgt. Jeffrey Nickles holds an image of Vlad Dracul, known as Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration for Dracula. Capt. Romulus Panait, of Romania, presented the likeness.

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Lt. Col. Abdulaziz Alshathri of Saudi Arabia (from left), Capt. Mohamed Al Senani of the United Arab Emirates and Maj. Sultan Alsadani of Kuwait inspect a plaque that their international intelligence class presented at a graduation ceremony Thursday at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo.

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Maj. Sultan Alsadani glances at one of the gifts, a photo plaque, that graduates of the International Intelligence Application Officer Course presented to Goodfellow personnel.

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The 11 members of the International Intelligence Applications Officer Course shake hands and receive hugs of congratulations following a graduation ceremony.